This Article examines Magna Carta and Hong-Fan, the Chinese Magna Carta, through the lens of modern constitutional jurisprudence. It compares the nature of the two constitutional documents and their institutions. Hong-Fan represents the Chinese ideal of virtue politics (De-Zhi) and is the Confucian guide to good governance. However, it espouses absolute monarchy, advising the monarch to exercise unlimited power morally, which is the antithesis of Magna Carta. Magna Carta's contractual spirit between the ruler and the ruled, bound under law, is at odds with Hong-Fan. HongFan predates Magna Carta, but Hong-Fan is no Magna Carta, whether by nature or institution.